How and why childhood became so important to such a wide range of Romantic writers has long been one of the central questions of literary historical studies. An

These essays document and examine the transformation of children's literature during the Romantic period, and trace Romanticism's influence on Victorian childre

Introducing Children's Literature is an ideal guide to reading children's literature through the perspective of literary history. Focusing on the major literary

Displaying careful scholarship, sophisticated use of contemporary literary theory, and close readings of texts while recovering and analyzing materials from mor

Explores how emerging ideas of infancy and childhood gave Romantic writers and readers new ways of understanding history and literature.